Vanderbilt SPC scenarios in Link’nX: alarm actions and triggers

Once the SPC Bridge is declared, Link’nX scenarios can command the Vanderbilt SPC intrusion panel and react to its events. An action arms or disarms the panel or an area, inhibits or isolates a zone, drives an output or a door. A trigger starts a scenario on a mode change, an alarm, a zone opening or a door passage.

Intended for the authorized installer or administrator. Start by declaring the SPC Bridge and reading the panel, in the right project and the right gateway. To control the alarm from a KNX button, follow the Vanderbilt SPC KNX table guide. To let a scenario start only if the alarm is armed or disarmed, prepare a Vanderbilt SPC alarm condition.

Prepare an action on the panel

1. Open Actions → Add, then choose Vanderbilt SPC in Select an action type. Enter Name after choosing the type.
2. In SPC Bridge, select the bridge concerned. An action targets a single bridge.
3. In Applies to, choose Panel (all areas), Area, Zone, Output or Door.
4. Except for the panel, choose the element in the field that bears its name, for example Area. The list presents the number and the name of each element, From the list read from the panel.
5. In Command, choose the command using the table below.
6. Save with the floppy disk at the bottom right, wait for Success!, then reopen the action in the list to reread the bridge, the element and the command. When editing, follow the confirmation of the affected scenarios when it appears.

Applies to	Commands
Panel (all areas)	Disarm, Part set A, Part set B, Full set, Full set, bypassing open zones, Delayed full set (after the exit time), Delayed full set, bypassing open zones, Clear all alerts
Area	The same seven arming and disarming commands, for this area only
Zone	Inhibit, Remove the inhibition, Isolate, Remove the isolation
Output	Switch on, Switch off
Door	Open momentarily, Open permanently, Back to normal mode, Lock

Open momentarily only works when the door is in normal mode. The commands are sent on behalf of the panel user entered in the bridge declaration: the panel only carries out what that user’s profile allows.

A prepared action does not command the panel: to use it in an automation, add it to the planned scenario.

If Please select what the element applies to: panel, area, zone, output or door or Please select the area, zone, output or door appears, complete the matching field, especially after a change of bridge.

React to an alarm event

1. Open Triggers → Add. Choose Vanderbilt SPC in Select a trigger type, then fill in Name.
2. In SPC Bridge, choose the bridge. In Applies to, choose the panel, an area, a zone, an output or a door, then the element concerned.
3. In Event, choose the event using the table below.
4. For a mode change or a door passage, SPC user (optional) restricts the trigger to one panel user. Enter the name as defined in the panel, upper and lower case included. Leave the field empty to accept any user.
5. Save with the floppy disk, wait for Success!, then find and reopen the trigger.
6. Add it to the relevant scenario with the desired actions, then check this scenario’s activation and conditions.

Applies to	Events	User filter
Panel (all areas), Area	Mode change: Disarmed, Part set A, Part set B, Full set	Yes
Panel (all areas)	Areas in different modes: Part set A on some areas only, Part set B on some areas only, Full set on some areas only	Yes
Panel (all areas), Area	Intrusion alarm, Fire alarm, Tamper, Fault, and their ends: Intrusion alarm cleared, Fire alarm cleared, Tamper cleared, Fault cleared	No
Zone	Opened, Closed, In alarm (intrusion or fire), Tamper, Fault, Inhibited, Isolated, and their ends: Alarm cleared, Tamper cleared, Fault cleared, No longer inhibited, No longer isolated	No
Output	Switched on, Switched off	No
Door	Door mode: Normal mode, Locked, Unlocked	No
Door	Passage: Entry granted, Entry denied, Exit granted, Exit denied	Yes

For an edit, a duplication or the confirmation of affected scenarios, follow the triggers guide.

Understand when a trigger fires

• A state trigger fires on a change: entering the chosen mode, the start or the end of an alarm, the opening or the closing of a zone. A state already present when the gateway starts fires nothing.
• A door passage fires the trigger at each access event.
• A mode “on some areas only” is only reported after 2 seconds. When the whole panel is armed or disarmed, its areas change one after the other: this delay avoids starting the scenario on that passing state. A mode common to all the areas is reported without waiting.
• With SPC user (optional) filled in, the trigger only fires if this user caused the event. A change noticed after a reconnection to the bridge has no known user: the filtered trigger does not fire in that case.

Check the result

• Run the scenario of one action at a time, then check its effect on the panel: Link’nX receives no confirmation of the command.
• Cause the expected event, for example a zone opening or an arming at the keypad, then check that the scenario reacts.

Troubleshooting

The action has no effect. A refusal by the panel does not appear in Link’nX: insufficient user rights, wrong password or PIN, zones open at the time of arming. Check in the bridge declaration that Link’nX sends commands to the panel is checked, otherwise the command goes out without a user, then the panel user and its profile.

The list of an element is empty or incomplete. It takes up the content saved in the declaration. Run Read from the panel again in the bridge record, then save.

The scenario does not react. Check the bridge, the element and the event chosen, then the user filter if it is filled in. Then check that the trigger is associated with the right scenario, that this scenario is enabled and that its conditions are met.

The trigger filtered by user never fires. Compare the name entered with the one in the panel, upper and lower case included. The filter only applies to mode changes and door passages.

No event arrives. Check the bridge’s Events account in the declaration. According to the Lundix manual, the panel reports no event to the bridge while it is in Full Engineer mode.

If the result remains uncertain, contact support@can-nx.com with the model of the panel and of the bridge, the scenario, the expected event or command and the attempts made, without a password or PIN.

French labels: SPC Bridge, Élément visé, Centrale (tous les secteurs), Secteur, Zone, Sortie, Porte, Commande, Désarmer (MHS), Mise en service partielle A, Mise en service partielle B, Mise en service totale, MES totale en excluant les zones ouvertes, MES totale temporisée (après la tempo de sortie), MES totale temporisée en excluant les zones ouvertes, Acquitter toutes les alertes, Inhiber, Lever l’inhibition, Isoler, Lever l’isolation, Activer, Désactiver, Ouvrir momentanément, Ouvrir en permanence, Repasser en mode normal, Verrouiller, Événement, Utilisateur SPC (facultatif).